I predict by 2014 the Shibutanis will be battling Davis & White for U.S #1 and battling for the Oly medals with them, the top 2 Russian teams (whomever they are), and Virtue & Moir if they actually stay for 2014 (which I am not sure on).

The gap between Crone/Poirier & Chock/Zuerlein was 15.37 at Skate Canada and its only 9.39 at here. Did C/Z get better or did C/P get worse?

Crone/Poirier were virtually tied with Kerr/Kerr after the SD at Skate Canada and had a legitimate shot at gold at that event and were given high PCS accordingly. Being in the penultimate group in 5th after the SD at 4CC and likely out of the medals picture resulted in lower PCS. The writing has been on the wall all season long that the judges are not keen on C/P's SD. I guess it was too tall an order for them to change it mid-season given that the SD is such a new concept to ice dance. Hopefully, they will have a stronger SD vehicle next season that gives them better potential to medal at all of their events. During the GP season, they were able to get by on the strength of their FD alone, and their FD is no doubt World medal quality. Unfortunately, their SD is probably considered the weakest among all the top teams and has been doing them no favors.